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Main > Car Makers News > Other > World's tallest man presented keys to custom built car Click above for gallery of Stadnyk receiving his custom car var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/World_s_tallest_man_presented_keys_to_custom_built_car'; Leonid Stadnyk towers 2.58 meters 8' 5" above the earth's surface, making him the world's tallest man. He was officially crowned in 2007 by the Guinness Book of World Records, taking the title away from a Chinese man who is just 7' 9" tall. As you might imagine, many things we take for granted are difficult for this 37-year-old from the Ukraine... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-26 08:09:20 Article Views Rating: 277 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Buy American, get Chinese engine OSHAWA, Ontario -- General Motors car engines were once the stuff of American legend. The Beach Boys sang, "nothing can touch my 409," about a powerful Chevy V-8. Oldsmobile owners in 1981 were so angered that their cars had been fitted with Chevrolet engines instead of Oldsmobile "Rockets," the subject of another hit song, that they successfully sued GM over the swap. The company has since eliminated brand distinctions between engines, saddling them with names unlikely to inspire songwriters, like... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-27 07:35:09 Article Views Rating: 153 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Tesla speeds up export plans to take advantage of low dollar Carmakers may be finding it tough importing cars into the U.S. because of the weak dollar but on the flipside exporting cars outside of the States is proving to be very lucrative. This is especially the case with niche carmakers like Tesla, whose all-electric roadster, which sells in the U.S. for about $100,000, effectively becomes cheaper for markets like Europe and Asia because of the falling dollar. Unfortunately, Tesla has no export plan in place and with the 600 cars scheduled to be produced this... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-28 05:33:43 Article Views Rating: 164 Main > Car Makers News > Other > California easing zero-emissions mandate for carmakers California may be well known for its stance against pollution when it comes to legislating on emissions rules, but environmentalists have become incensed about the state’s increasingly lax attitude towards reducing pollution through regulation of new zero-emissions vehicles. In 1990, California adopted legislation that required 10% of carmakers’ fleets be zero-emissions vehicles by 2003. When it became clear this goal wasn’t going to be reached, the rule was changed to include ‘low-emissions’... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-28 05:33:55 Article Views Rating: 121 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Axle strike may threaten Malibu The strike at auto parts maker American Axle could threaten production of General Motors Corp.'s hot-selling Chevrolet Malibu sedan, sources familiar with the situation said Monday. The recently launched Malibu is a critical product for GM and already is in short supply. So far the only GM factories affected by the United Auto Workers union work stoppage have been ones that produce slower selling large trucks and full-size sedans. American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. doesn't directly supply parts... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-01 05:38:27 Article Views Rating: 109 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Clean-vehicle contest may prove a nonstarter In this age of endless reality TV, it was bound to happen. Mix a jolt of Hollywood hype, private venture capital and the science community to help save the planet. In case you missed it, the X Prize Foundation -- the same California-based group determined to jump-start commercial space flight and lunar exploration -- is sponsoring a race to create a viable, affordable vehicle capable of going 100 miles on a gallon of gas, or energy equivalent. The winners -- one for a city car and another for a... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-02 05:24:07 Article Views Rating: 102 Main > Car Makers News > Peugeot > Peugeot rolls out millionth new 207 Click above to view the 1,000,000th Peugeot 207 in high resolution It has only been two years since Peugeot introduced the 207, and already the French automaker has produced over 1 million examples of the new car. The car hit the market in April 2006 with the three- and five-door hatchbacks, and has since rolled out in convertible, wagon and several sport models. Last year alone Peugeot sold half a million new 207s, which are manufactured at three plants across Europe – in France, Slovakia and... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-02 06:32:25 Article Views Rating: 284 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Tesla boss confirms 2009 European launch Last week we reported that Tesla was speeding up its export program to take advantage of the weak U.S. dollar, and now the electric car company’s CEO has confirmed the roadster will be sold in Europe by the third quarter of next year. Although the Tesla’s chassis is manufactured in the UK by Lotus, most of its hardware, including the expensive batteries, is put together in California. This makes exporting the car to Europe very lucrative for Tesla. Speaking with the Financial Times, Tesla boss... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-03 04:43:31 Article Views Rating: 141 Main > Car Makers News > Nissan > VIDEO: How Nissan builds the GT-R For those of us who just can't get enough of the Nissan GT-R, Lou Ann Hammond of Carlist.com recently had a unique chance to learn more about the manufacturing process of the Z06 and 911 Turbo slayer from Nissan's North American product manager, Peter Bedrosian. The resulting video reveals fun facts about the GT-R that you might not have known otherwise. For instance, did you know each GT-R that goes down the line is fine tuned by hand? Or that each body is vibration tested? The last portion of the... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-03 04:43:33 Article Views Rating: 218 Main > Car Makers News > Other > GM to close Texas plant for three weeks General Motors Corp. said Saturday two pickup truck plants idled by the strike at parts maker American Axle will reopen for about a month each. At the same time, an SUV plant in Arlington, Texas, will be shut down. GM spokesman Dan Flores said the automaker managed to find enough parts to allow factories in Oshawa, Ontario, and Fort Wayne, Ind., to run shifts building Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups. Those plants have been shut down since Feb. 29 and will reopen in the next couple of weeks... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-07 07:14:44 Article Views Rating: 118 |
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